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Details for "Cuckoo's Nest"
(Long Barrow)
Name Cuckoo's Nest Style Border Tradition
(Lbw) Long Barrow New dance ? yes Origin Written by Richard Reader founder member of Long Barrow Morris.It was initially created to be used as a workshop dance, as the side were invited to perform and run a workshop at the 1992 Bagpipe Society's annual Blowout weekend held at Great Linford. Size of set 2,4,6,8 Hands Long stick, two short sticks Tunes
Cuckoo's Nest References https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDKi3BIOkKU Other Notes "Cuckoo's Nest was put together by Long Barrow Morris. It was initially created to be used as a workshop dance, as the side were invited to perform and run a workshop at the 1992 Bagpipe Society's annual Blowout weekend held at Great Linford, Milton Keynes. Being essentially a two person dance it could be expanded and tweaked for any number of dancers. Following Long Barrow's dissolution Phil Kane (member of Long Barrow and founder of Wolfshead) introduced it to Wolfshead (later wolfshead and vixen) where it became a performance dance as well as being a workshop dance. It has moved on and been adapted by other sides, as happens." Code bLbwCUKN Checked 1
Variations as Danced by Mortarbordis
Set size as many couples as will Hands 1 short stick Source Notes Like Pullman Morris & Sword who taught it to us, we use this as a teaching dance at the end of a set when we have an audience eager to jump in and try dancing one with us.
figures: 1) foot up 2) allemande R & L 3) odds back to back around stationary evens; evens back to back around stationary odds 4) petronella turns References Tunes
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Details for "Cuckoo's Nest"
(Long Barrow)
| Name | Cuckoo's Nest |
| Style | Border |
| Tradition | (Lbw) Long Barrow |
| New dance ? | yes |
| Origin | Written by Richard Reader founder member of Long Barrow Morris.It was initially created to be used as a workshop dance, as the side were invited to perform and run a workshop at the 1992 Bagpipe Society's annual Blowout weekend held at Great Linford. |
| Size of set | 2,4,6,8 |
| Hands | Long stick, two short sticks |
| Tunes | Cuckoo's Nest |
| References | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDKi3BIOkKU |
| Other Notes | "Cuckoo's Nest was put together by Long Barrow Morris. It was initially created to be used as a workshop dance, as the side were invited to perform and run a workshop at the 1992 Bagpipe Society's annual Blowout weekend held at Great Linford, Milton Keynes. Being essentially a two person dance it could be expanded and tweaked for any number of dancers. Following Long Barrow's dissolution Phil Kane (member of Long Barrow and founder of Wolfshead) introduced it to Wolfshead (later wolfshead and vixen) where it became a performance dance as well as being a workshop dance. It has moved on and been adapted by other sides, as happens." |
| Code | bLbwCUKN |
| Checked | 1 |
Variations as Danced by Mortarbordis
| Set size | as many couples as will |
| Hands | 1 short stick |
| Source | |
| Notes | Like Pullman Morris & Sword who taught it to us, we use this as a teaching dance at the end of a set when we have an audience eager to jump in and try dancing one with us. figures: 1) foot up 2) allemande R & L 3) odds back to back around stationary evens; evens back to back around stationary odds 4) petronella turns |
| References | |
| Tunes |
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